My Candidate For A New Character For The Walking Dead

She appears to be made for the role of a kickass female zombie fighter. She has a SS (or chromed) pistol to resist corrosion from all the zombie guts and gore, she has a decent looking harness (and I do mean looking and am not commenting on quality) with pouches for spare mags, she is showing us she can shoot lefty and is obviously a righty (based on how she is wearing the holster) and she has that look in her eyes that makes me think she could get serious about killing zombies (if such were a serious issue).

Furthermore, she smokes - showing she does not give a damn about the health hazards of smoking and who, in their right mind, in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse, would give a shit about the hazards of smoking! In addition, she is a looker. Besides all that, she is wearing the perfect color nail polish for the role!

What in hell is wrong with the Walking Dead folks for not hiring her, or her look alike, to play a major part on the show! Screw Glenn being the only long term Asian on the show and in the group. Why not add someone Asian, sexy and appealing to men (as in straight men).

All the best,
Glenn B

Happy Easter & A Belated Happy Passover

To all of you who celebrate Easter as part of your faith, with more than just a nice family meal and Easter Baskets full of candy, I wish you a very happy and joyous Easter. He has risen and will rise again yet to heaven.

And shame on me, I forgot to wish this in a timely manner, to all of my Jewish readers: I hope your Passover was a blessed one.

All the best,
Glenn B

The Easter Bunny Has Arrived...

...and she didn't bring any candy.

Oh well, I can see what she has in mind as much more enjoyable than candy and better for you too.

Happy Easter to all you heathens out there (like me) who celebrate it only as a reason for a family get together (which in an of itself is not a bad thing at all).

All the best,
GB

If Resorts World Is Serious About Assuring It Never Happens Again...

...they will either restrict the type of person they allow into it, stop selling or providing free alcohol, or have kick-ass bouncers stationed every 20 feet within the premises with instructions to immediately throw out the rowdy bums.



Something tells me though, now that this riot has taken place, the only way to avoid future melees like that inside that particular casino would be to shut it down. The animals have gotten their first taste of blood there and are sure to come back for more. Of course, if N.Y. City did more than just ticket a few folks, or arrest some for disorderly conduct, maybe that would have a desirable effect too. Then again, this was in the city where the mayor, Bill de Blasio, bends over backwards to appease certain groups of ne'er do wells and I bet he does so regarding this too. Then again, we'll see, since the casino is sure put a lot of money into the city coffers maybe de Blasio will grow some balls. If he takes any action though, I would say it would be a bet with odds in favor of him feeling the pinch of the casino's might on his tiny pair that might make him order a real investigation resulting in arrests, convictions and jail time for the offenders. More here.

To end on a personal note, I have been to that casino, I think twice now. A third visit to it, by me, is highly unlikely.

All the best,
Glenn B

Cleaning Up The Dog Shit Would Save Lots of Money...

...over the current plan to use DNA testing to ID the dog owner's whose dogs have left behind their loads so you can bet the current plan to do so, by several Seattle homeowners associations and apartment & condo owners, will b take up by the city government there in no time. Now mind you, I am not faulting apartment or condo complex owners, nor home owners associations. I mean let's face it, if you own a dog and live in an apartment or condo, you should not be allowing your mutt to shit in the hallways, the elevators or on the roof. I am sure though, city officials will see this as yet another way to keep dog owners under their thumbs and they will commence this this as soon as possible on a citywide level. If they do, you can bet it will spread nationally as new policy within cities, counties and states across the nation, in no time.
More here.

All the best,
Glenn B

Dealing With Assholes

I'll be working for the next three weeks straight. It's probably needless to say but I'll say it anyway: By the time it's over, I will have dealt with at least one ignorant, itinerant, ignoble, inflamed, immigrunt asshole each and every day. Most of the aliens with whom I have contact seem like okay folks but there is always at least one asshole a day to deal with and sometimes there are several. I almost wish I could deal with them other than how I am allowed but I'll just have to dream about that.

At least 'l have some soothing dreams.

All the best,
GB



My Neighbor Told Me It Was So Nice Out Today...

..that all she could think was that the next thing she knows it will be the 4th of July. She literally was jumping for joy over that thought and I enjoyed every moment of it.

All the best,
GB

Damn Snaps Must Have Been Made In China!

And I am beginning to like Chinese manufactured products a whole lot more than before.

All the best,
GB

The Confidence Of This Jaguar Is Amazing

I say confidence because it is pretty obvious that this is not an inexperienced cat when it comes to hunting a caiman. This video was reportedly shot in the Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil.



Not only does it take to the caiman's habitat to stealthily approach, but once it grabs its prey, what does it do but go right back into the caiman's preferred habitat - the water. The caiman is almost undoubtedly the stronger swimmer than the jaguar; but nonetheless, this big cat has the confidence to drag it right back into the water and then swim with the crocodilian in its jaws. It knows it has given it the coup de gras and is sure of it. It was one well thought out and probably previously accomplished feat on the part of this jaguar, at least - I find it hard to believe that jaguar never did that before. It is truly the king of its jungle by far.

While YouTube was where I found the above video, a different version ( because there is more of the beginning of it and less of the end) can be found at National Geographic here and I really recommend watching that version too because there is some narration as the hunt runs its course:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/jaguar-attacks-crocodile

The jaguar is truly one awesome hunter.

All the best,
Glenn B

Easter Egg Hunt That Is Just Wrong

I am pretty sure that whoever put up the words on the sign meant to spell 'annual' butt maybe they had something else on his (or her) mind. Then again, who does an Easter Egg hunt the week after Easter! Maybe it was meant to be just what it said.

 

 

Happy Easter, hope that didn't ruin it for you.

 

Hat tip to John D for having that on his FB page.

 

All the best,

Glenn B 

 

First Impressions Sometimes Shouldn't Get A Second Thought

People often seem wary about those who rely on first impressions, especially negative ones, but when someone presents himself or herself in a certain manner (as in a less than desirable one) at certain times, especially at significant events, then why shouldn't we rely on first impressions to sway us in how we view the person making the less than desirable impression. Sure, we can be forgiving sometimes and make allowances that give those types of people a second chance by making us reconsider our first impressions of them and maybe even cause us to look at them more favorably based upon our second thoughts.

Yet, we need to be very careful in doing so if there truly was good enough reason on which to base unfavorable first impressions of them. All too often it is found that first impressions were correct and the only reason we relented from holding them was because the person in question came back to us acting as if he or she was a little angel, ass kissing, cheating and deceiving their way into our good favor. (Or having a spokesperson doing it on their behalf with added begging and cajoling because of whatever good relationship exists between them and because they are trying to reap whatever benefit you or I can bestow.)

I think an example, maybe the perfect example of just such a thing - wherein first impressions should never have been given a second thought - is to be found in the case of Anthony Stokes who just under two years ago received a heart transplant. At first, doctors and whoever else was responsible for placing someone on a transplant waiting list denied the teen that privilege. They seemingly did so based upon their first impressions of him and those were reportedly based, at least in part, upon his "troubled past" (source) and the belief he would not comply with medical requirements made of him related to the transplant. Well, based on what I have read, I am guessing the teens mother seemingly pleaded for him, religious and or social groups got involved on his behalf, the news media bent over backwards and everyone seemingly ignored his so called trouble past. Anyway, that is how this quote makes it appear to me:

"Anthony's mother, Melencia Hamilton, told CNN affiliate WGCL-TV that doctors said Anthony would live only three to six months if he didn't get the heart transplant.

In the meantime, the story became public in local media. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Georgia chapter got involved because Anthony's family called, and the organization has "a longtime relationship with the child," said the Rev. Samuel Mosteller, the chapter's president," (source). 

So, somehow, after not too long, mommy's little angel, deserved or undeserved, got another chance. The medical authorities soon relented and put him on the list. The result - he got a heart (and I must sadly add that I think someone more deserving could have gotten). About a month after the transplant he reportedly told a reporter that the transplant would help him stay out of trouble! Wow, it seems someone may have remembered his troubled past after all even if it was only himself - but as you will see it apparently didn't help.

Yes, it does seem to me as if the media was doting over him too. He also reportedly said this to the reporter: "So I can live a second chance. Get a second chance and do things I want to do," Did you notice the important thing therein - the getting a second chance so he could do what he wanted to do, with no inclusion of so I can help others or so I can live a better life (but maybe he did say that and the media left it out) but then again, maybe therein was the first hint that the medical authorities' first impressions had been right.

He lived for about another two years and seven months. In that time, he reportedly was arrested this past January for possession of tools for the commission of a crime and criminal attempt (source).Then he died in a vehicle crash but not before the car he was driving, and that the police reportedly say he had carjacked, allegedly struck a pedestrian causing injuries that caused her to be hospitalized (source). The crash reportedly was the result of Stokes fleeing the police. The police have said they were chasing the Strokes who allegedly was driving the stolen vehicle and who was also a suspect in a home invasion during which he allegedly shot at an elderly woman (source). There is no reason at this point, of which I am aware, to doubt the police.

He is dead now and I wonder if the heart can be used to save another life or if he destroyed it as he seemingly did his own life. The car he was fleeing it was totaled, and I mean badly.
I also wonder (and I hope like hell that the doctors are wondering) - could they have used the heart, that at least I believe they wasted on him, in saving the life of someone who was worthy of his or her life being saved! Here is why I wonder that last part:
 
"Federal records show that 3,400 people were on waiting lists for heart transplants in 2012, but only 2,000 of these procedures were performed. While waiting for a heart transplant, 331 people died." 

Anthony Stokes did not die back then - he lived - even if merely a terribly wasted life of crime as it seems to me. Along the way, his getting a heart denied that very same heart to someone else: he turned to, or continued, a life of crime and evidently violent crime at that; he apparently regarded the lives of others as cheap (as evidenced by his allegedly shooting at an elderly woman and driving recklessly resulting in him injuring another); and he clearly was - at lest to me - unworthy of the second chance that had been given to him. 

Was just his life was wasted? In fact, it wasn't a single wasted life, I think it was at least two lives wasted, and others almost wasted by him. It appears to me to be at least two lives wasted all because he was given a second chance - his life and the other one that was lost due to some deserving soul not getting the heart that Stokes received and dying while waiting for a heart. Sometimes, we need to face the hard cold fact that some lives are not worth saving. When we have a very unfavorable first impression of someone, something so strong as to make us feel his or life is not worth saving, maybe we are right and those first impressions sometimes shouldn't get a second thought.

All the best,
Glenn B

Ordering A Wedding Cake At A Muslim Bakery...

...,would probably not be all that difficult to do, that is unless of course you want a gay wedding cake (or would that be a cake for a gay wedding).

Watch the video, it will, or at least should, clue in some folks as to the right to religious freedom and maybe some other things like arsehat leftist policies, Sharia Law (because the Muslim baker surely isn't following US law is he - or is he?), us losing our rights one step at a time at yada, yada, yada.

The bottom line, the opponents of the religious freedom type laws are total leftist loons.

All the best,
GB

I'd Like To Say I Met My Wife his Way...

...but I met her in just as good a way - she was a barmaid at the bar where I hung out. Too bad she hated it there (the job did not last long) and was not a gun lover either. Oh well, she is still the classiest babe I know.

All the best,
Glenn B

Not A Bad Thing To Believe

 

Later for another beer for me, the gout is killing me right now, but it's really not a bad belief at all and I am sure I'll have another beer sooner or later.

 

All the best,

GB

If This Doesn't Make You Wonder...

...at least one or more of these:
 
Does he live near you?

What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

How much did he get paid to pose like that?

Should you call 911 or handle him yourself?

Which caliber would take him out the quickest?

How high he was, and on what, when this shot was taken.

What you would do to him if you saw him, in that get-up, wading toward your (or anyone's) kids in a pool.

And if instead you think even one of the following thoughts:

He looks cute.

Is he available?

I wonder where he got his outfit?

At which Walmart does he shop because you'd like to shop there too.

Which delightful torture devices he on his nipples under those pails and on his slong under the monkey covering?
 
Then there is little hope for you ever being a conservative let alone a functional member of humanity and you will remain either a liberal leftist loon, or a flat out pervert (of any political leaning), forever.
 
All the best,
GB

With Bald's Leechbook To The Rescue - Who Needs Antibiotics?

Got the supergerm - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - and antibiotics have not worked to cure it. There may be hope yet and it is not in the form of an antibiotic but more so along the lines of:

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.."

From Macbeth, Act IV,  by William Shakespeare

Really, I mean it - no bullshit intended because, as you will see, that while the requirements to make the concoction do not call for any amphibian parts, they do call for a weird mixture of readily available and apparently very effective ingredients (at least when combined and prepared as they did in the Dark Ages) including oxgall. The recipe calls for two types of allium (allium is the family of onions, garlic, leeks), wine (yummy) and oxgall (yuck) which is the bile from oxen. Now, you can't go and just mix those things together and get a miracle cure. What you have to do is follow a specific set of incantations recipe that calls for combining the proper amounts of each, then brewing them in a brass container, then straining the resultant concoction, and then allowing it all to sit for nine days before using it.

Supposedly, a modern day witch doctor who was researching Bald's Leechbook (one of the earliest medical texts) decided to test an eye salve recorded in that tome. She tested the mixture on styes and found it cured them. Researchers then tried the mixture on mice with MRSA infections and it killed about 999 out of 1,000 of the MRSA germs. Doctors and scientists have no clue as to why it is effective against MRSA and other infections but have concluded that no single ingredient has the curative properties to defeat MRSA. Thus, they believe it must be due to the actual concocted mixture and how it is brewed. I would not be surprised to discover that the combination of allium species (long know to contain substances that have germ defeating properties), along with copper that my have leeched from the brass, due to the alcohol or bile, during the  brewing process, may have combined as an effective treatment. Copper has long been used to fight water borne infections in tropical fish in aquaria. As for the zinc (in the brass), the wine and oxgall - who knows what curative properties they might contribute to the brew but you can bet that scientists will be looking through that medical text for more surprising cures. I pity the frog and newt populations of the world should any such concoctions call for their eyes and toes.

Speaking of eyes, for treatment of a sty, I'm none to sure I'd let them put that stuff in or around my eyes. On the other hand, if I had a MRSA infection and nothing else was working, I'd let them go right at it since curing MRSA is all too often virtually hopeless without amputations. Now, if only the book also contains an effective cure for the gout, I would be as happy as a toad on a toadstool.

Read more about it here at the source.

All the best,
Glenn B

Epsilon Morons Employed By Brave New World Colleges

I work, part-time, for a company that is contracted by the U.S. government. The government required a full field background investigation of me. I was notified today, that finally, after about 7 months, the investigation was completed. I was also notified that I stand to be found unsuitable for the position because the college I attended, and from which I received my Bachelor of Science degree, says it has no record of me receiving a BS degree from it.

I am going to the college tomorrow to look into this and to obtain an official copy (or three) of my transcript, and maybe have them send one directly to the investigator. Not all that long ago, around the time I was applying for my current job, I recall getting an official copy and submitting it to whomever it was that requested it. The thing is, I cannot recall if it was for my current job or for another job for which I applied around the same time. Of course, I do not have a copy of the official transcript because they gave it to me in a sealed envelope. Should I have opened it to make a copy for myself, my opening the envelope would have destroyed the integrity of the official transcript.

I sent the investigator a copy of a 'student copy' of my transcript. That may or may not suffice for the investigation; however, even if it is good enough, I still have to go into the college to straighten out why they told the investigator there is no record of my undergraduate degree. You may find it hard to believe that the registrar's office, of a well respected college (at least it used to be), could not find it. I do not find it difficult to believe at all; I have prior experience with them doing the same thing before. They had some difficulty finding it when I went there in person to pick it up last year and at first they told me there was no such transcript and I did not receive a BS degree from them. I do not recall the exact problem they had but definitely remember the only reason there had been a problem was because someone who must have graduated college as Summa Cum Laude after majoring in the science of being an Epsilon Moron was the person looking for it. I hope someone with at least half a brain searches for it tomorrow when I get there, that should make it so much easier all around. If not, they may get to see a savage side (a real person, read the book)that they usually hope to avoid in folks with whom they deal.

All the best,
Glenn B

Something About Women With Their Fingers On The Triggers...

...of guns at inappropriate times just seems to pique my interest. Maybe you can look at these images and tell me why that is so. I know, and you should know, that one of the cardinal rules of firearms safety is that you never put your finger on the trigger unless ready to shoot, with some exceptions, but these gals don't seem to be in any of those excepted situations. I guess it just irks me enough, to see these shots of them with their fingers on those triggers, at inappropriate times, that I needed to share the photos with you to help educate or remind you about firearms safety.

 

 

 

 

 

All the best,
GB

Today In History - "Honey, I Forgot To Duck"...

...were the words spoken by a real man, to his wife, to reassure her after he had been shot in the chest with a 22 caliber bullet. That same man walked, under his own power, into the hospital emergency room from the vehicle that brought him there regardless of the fact that his left lung had collapsed. In words and in deeds he was a real man among real men. Once inside the hospital, as he was undergoing initial treatment and being prepped for emergency surgery, this man of steel turned to his doctors an said: "Please tell me you're Republicans".

Besides being a manly man, he was a jokester and also a 
politician, In fact, he was the president of the United States of America. No, he definitely was not Barack H. Obama, nor George W. Bush, nor William J. Clinton, nor George H.W. Bush. He was much more a conservative, even a libertarian, man than any of them. He also was the best president of all those and better than many others before them by far. He was Ronald W. Reagan. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Reagan and succeeded in wounding the president and three others in his entourage (source).

It was a lucky day for Reagan and a lucky one for America. Reagan was undoubtedly, at least in my mind, the best president of my lifetime by a longshot and we were lucky he survived back then. Today, we could use the likes of him to get us out from under the boot heels of the tyranny that now threatens our way of existence and our rights as guaranteed by our Constitution.

All the best,
Glenn B

Something Every Freedom Loving Citizen May Want To Know...

...is how to escape from incarceration when wrongfully held captive. Some examples of that could be: you have been kidnapped and bound and thrown in a vehicle's trunk, you have been bound by someone during a home invasion or bank robbery, your kinky lover tied you up and forgot all about you (had to throw that one in there), you have been arrested unlawfully, you have been lawfully arrested (the cop somehow has been rendered unconscious for and you hands are turning blue because the restraints are too tight) - or whatever. Now, I am not Houdini nor am I an expert on escapes but I have found some information on one of the blogs to which I link that possibly could be useful in such situations. A blog post over at The Art of Manliness gives a few examples of how to defeat nylon zip ties when used as restraints.

I am not endorsing those methods, nor even saying they have a chance of working, but they look to me as if they maybe are plausible means of defeating nylon zip ties. If these methods work, I may practice them now and again because they could be a lifesaver. If they don't work, or I cannot get them to work for me, then I will forget them. Best of all, if I can do it, I will avoid being restrained in the first place; although, that may be harder said than done if someone wants to harm me badly enough. Anyway, if I ever find myself with my hands, and maybe also my feet, bound by zip ties and I am in danger and need to escape, I think it sure would be nice to know how to do it.

I am not recommending that anyone else try this. You trying it is up to you and me saying I will try it should have no sway with your decision to try it or not. I will say though, that if and when I try these methods, I will have another responsible adult in attendance who can cut the zip ties off of me if those methods don't work. Kids should definitely NOT try this unless under the supervision of a responsible parent or guardian. I am not saying kids should never try this but must have responsible and knowledgeable adult supervision if doing so. I would think that if the methods work, parents might even want to teach their kids how to do them but the parents must be thoroughly familiar with these methods beforehand. Placing zip ties on wrists (or on any limbs) can be extremely dangerous and could result in the amputation of one or more body parts or possibly even result in death. Then again, being
restrained by a crazed criminal can also be extremely detrimental to your health and or result in death.

After writing the above, I did a bit of searching on YouTube and came up with a video on how to potentially defeat not only zip ties but handcuffs and duct tape as well. I have long known some methods of defeating handcuffs, as should every law enforcement officer, but figured that the general public may not be aware of how to do so. Again, I am not endorsing any of these methods but am sharing the video so you can determine if the escape methods might work for you. All of the same warnings that I made above about the potential dangers of zip ties as restraints also apply to duct tape and handcuffs. Kids, again I tell you, do not try any of this unless under the supervision of a responsible parent or guardian and adults should only do this with another responsible and knowledgeable adult present. DON'T EVER TRY ANY OF THIS AFTER TAKING ANY MIND OR MOOD ALTERING DRUGS - INCLUDING ALCOHOL.



All the best,
GB
 

New Blog On The Blog Roll...

...under Bloggers Whom I Have Met: http://www.weerdworld.com/

All the best,
GB

We Had A Great Time In NH

Brendan and I go home about 4 this afternoon from our NH trip. We had a great time but I forgot to take pics for the most part. We got a few, on his phone, at the range and at the Budweiser Brewery, and if he emails them to me I will post them.

On Friday night, Brendan hit the hay almost as soon as we got to the hotel. I went out for a short walk and discovered the Tilted Kilt Pub. They had scantily clad barmaids (click to see their photo gallery) and a good sized selection of beers and ales, I was in heaven until closing but only had a couple IPA pints and a large dollop of whiskey, and  do mean that the barmaid was quite generous in the pouring of the 12 year old Jameson's that I ordered.

On Saturday we made it to the Manchester Firing Line Range.We signed in and were advised we'd have to wait about an hour for a point to share between us. A single point was okay with me, I had not planned on shooting much, I wanted Brendan to shoot to his heart's content. After about a half hour of admiring the wide variety of guns they had hung on the walls, we were called to go shoot. We only shot for an hour and Brendan mostly shot the two 45s - the Remington R1 1911 and the Taurus PT145 Millennium Pro. He also shot a Beretta FS and Glock 26 both 9mms, the Ortgies 32, and I think that was it. He didn't want to shoot any of the 22s I had along, I guess not manly enough for a young buck like him. I was also quite surprised he did not want to rent any of the full auto guns they had available, like a Thompson's Sub-gun. I think he may have thought it cost prohibitive and while I paid for the range time, I told him he'd have to pay for any rentals and ammo (you had to use the range's ammo in their rental guns). He opted not to and had enough fun with my pistols.

I have to comment on the range, the rate was $16 per hour for each shooter and active law enforcement could shoot for $13 per hour (no price break for retirees). Memberships are available but I don't know the rate. The personnel were all very courteous and attentive even if one or two were not as knowledgeable about firearms as one might think they should be if so employed. One such example was one guy behind the counter not having a clue as to what "select-fire" meant when my son asked him about renting a select-fire HK UMP in .45 (a gun they sort of advertised on their website as available, as seen in the price list, but did not have "because they fall apart to easily").

Oh well, the guy was nice enough anyway and was very professional too, as was everyone we talked to therein. The range had about 8-10 shooting points on the enclosed non-members' side and about the same on the enclosed members' side. They had a lot of guns apparently for sale and a good number of full auto long arms and pistols for rent. Again the thing about renting anything was that it was an additional expense up to $75 per hour for a historic submachine gun and $150 for a belt fed machine gun and rentals meant you had to buy ammo from the range for them I did not bother to ask how much they charged for ammo). Since we did not rent anything, we were free to use whatever pistol ammo we brought along; although, ours was all factory fresh so I am not sure if they allow you to shoot reloads.They allow pistol and rifle shooting but no shotguns because for some reason the wads screw up their backstop / bullet trap cleaning system. Let me reiterate, we had an excellent time there, the place was great. If we attend this summer's bloggershoot up in NH at the super-zeKrit location (and it sounds like there will be one), I am going to shoot one of those Thompsons at that range.

As for me, while at the range, I shot all those guns that Brendan shot and added my High Standard Duramatic M101 and the S&W 22a-1 both in 22LR. In all, am guessing we shot up about 250 rounds of 45 and about 200-250 of 9mm and me a few mags full of 22LR and a mag each of 32 Auto. We each spent a good deal of our hour loading magazines for one another. I brought along nine or ten 45 mags for the Remington, had two for the Taurus, 10 for the Beretta and four for the Glock and had multiple mags for almost every other magazine fed pistol we had along. The only of my semi-auto pistols, for which I have merely a single magazine, is my High Standard Duramatic. (That needs to be remedied - anyone have an original for sale or trade?)

Later, that same day, we headed over to the Budwiper Budweiser Brewery in Merrimack. That was pretty interesting and enjoyable. Brendan had five free 6 ounce samples of different beers, one at the start of the tour and four more at the end. They only gave each person two each at the end but I gave Brendan mine since I was driving and was still a bit hung-over from Friday night at the Tilted Kilt. Tour over, we stopped by the stables to admire the Clydesdales; they certainly are some magnificent beasts. After that it was back to the hotel in Nashua to clean up before heading out to the dinner with the NE Bloggershoot clan (coined as a clan by Jack DoubleTrouble). Dinner was at the Outback Steakhouse in Bedford and we all had a good time there what with good eats and better company. Sadly Jay G was with us only in spirit since his move to VA makes it pretty difficult for him to travel that far for weekend festivities.

This morning, after breakfast at the hotel (I usually do not turn down free breakfasts and did not do it today nor yesterday), we headed back up to Manchester to the New England Reptile Show. We didn't buy any animals but I did pick up a few things for my herps an for our latest addition - a hedgehog, that someone gave my wife over the weekend. I saw some rally nice Kaiser's Newts but declined because I know of a source with a much better price.

Then we hit the road and headed home with a quick stop for lunch and a gas fill-up along he way. Traffic was better coming home than when we headed north on Friday night and we were home in about 4 hours and a few minutes or so from Nashua, which was where we stopped for lunch and gas. That was excellent time.

I'll post some of the few pics we took, that is if Brendan sends em to me.

All the best,
GB

Praise The Fates And Pass The Ammo...

...that rotten bastard is finally retiring. Harry Reid has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2016 and all I can say is that it makes me a happy man. One must have hope that Nevadans will come to their senses and elect someone from the other side, as his replacement, due to his nature as a leftist tyrant.

See more here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/27/senate-democratic-leader-reid-announces-retirement/

All the best,
Glenn B

North By Northeast

The son and I will be north by northeast bound shortly after he gets home from work today. We are headed to NH to meet up with some of the other folks who have attended Northeast Blogger Shoots in the past. We will be enjoying a nice dinner with them tomorrow night.

While we are up that way, Brendan will be able to get in some pistol shooting at a local range, something he is forbidden by law to do in NY State because he does not have a pistol license. We should be able to squeeze that in either Saturday or Sunday. I think that he ought to have some fun being that I'll be bringing along pistols in 45 ACP, 9mms, 32 auto, and 22LR. I don't know how much ammo should be enough but I am hoping that 350 rounds of 45, 300 of 9mm, and a few hundred 22 rounds should give him at least a couple to few hours of fun.

I am hoping to squeeze in a trip to the Budweiser brewery in Merrimack too. They offer guided tours and I am thinking that would be interesting for the boy (now young man) and for the old man (me) too. I hardly ever drink Budwiper, and then only out of desperation or to be courteous to someone who hands me one, so if they offer it for free as part of the tour I may try just one sip to be courteous. Brendan is a fan of Bud Light, and only he knows why, I cannot figure why he and his friends would even consider dinking it. Anyway, the brewery tour should be fun and maybe we will get a chance to see some Clydesdales; that would be excellent, they are truly spectacular beasts.

On Sunday, one thing I want to do for sure is stop by the New England Reptile Show in Manchester. One of my passions is keeping reptiles and amphibians. Been doing that since I was 8 or 9. I gotta thank my uncle Ken for that, he bought me and my brother two red eared sliders (water turtles) all those years ago and I have been a reptile junky ever since.

I guess I had best check that I have all the right ammo, pistols and respective magazines and I should pack whatever else I need. One way for me to start this trip on a bad foot would for me not to be ready when Brendan gets home from work today. Taking a 4 to 7 hours drive (depending on traffic) to get to our motel is probably not on his list of fun things to do on a Friday after work so, I may as well make it as enjoyable as possible for him and me being ready when he is ready would be a good start. I suppose that means, that before he gets home, I should go fill up the tank with gas and get some new wiper blades too (it promises to rain for the whole drive) since the old ones are fairly crappy and really annoyingly squeaky.

With all that to do, perhaps I should finish up this post and get my arse in gear. Light blogging for the next couple of days.

All the best,
GB

 

Well, I Guess Jay Is Ruled Out As A Suspect...

...in rigging a light switch, in a MA house, to trigger an explosion. An electrician working on a recently vacated house came across suspicious wiring that was found to go to a spark creating device attached to a container of accelerant. The device was hidden behind a newly plastered wall. Had the power in the home been on (it was not due to code violations) and the switch been flipped, the device would have caused an explosion that the police chief there said would have caused "significant destruction" (source). Luckily though, as I said above - Jay G has been ruled out as a suspect because the real suspects, allegedly who were the previous tenants of the house, moved out a week ago and Jay has been in VA for way longer than a week. Anyway, guns & ammo were not involved and that was more than enough hint that neither was our favorite formerly of MA blogger.

All the best,
GB